Dilection, obscure for choice or choosing.
As a children's rhyme used for choosing a person or thing:
Eeny meeny miney mo, (eknee, meknee, myknee, mo) my wordplay.
Catch a tiger by his toe;
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny meeny miney mo.
My mind can be a strange place to visit! Lol!